SELECTED POEMS: 1956-1968 Title Selected Poems: 1956-1968 Year published 1968 Publisher McClelland And Stewart Ltd., Toronto Pages 245 Notes ISBN 0-7710-2212-3 Summary A good selection from the early books, with only very slight revisions, and a small section of interesting "New Poems" in a plainer style.  It was for this volume that Cohen won the Governor-General's Award (Canada's highest literary distinction), which he declined.  Summary written for The Leonard Cohen Files by professor Stephen Scobie, copyright © 1997. POEMS 1956-1968 Title Poems: 1956-1968 Year published 1969 Publisher Jonathan Cape Ltd., London Pages 94 Notes An abridged version for UK of Selected Poems: 1956-1968 ISBN 0-224-61776-1